Middle Grade Made Easy(er) | Kidlit Writing Craft Podcast
Lou Piccolo
19 episodes
1 week ago
What's more important for your novel: great language or great story? If you answered 'great story', you've got it right! While great language is important too, it won't carry your story idea through a full-length middle-grade novel and, by itself, it's not a story. If you submit a novel to an agent without solid story structure, it will be rejected. If you think your novel lacks structure, in this episode, I cover: why so many writers make the mistake of choosing langu...
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What's more important for your novel: great language or great story? If you answered 'great story', you've got it right! While great language is important too, it won't carry your story idea through a full-length middle-grade novel and, by itself, it's not a story. If you submit a novel to an agent without solid story structure, it will be rejected. If you think your novel lacks structure, in this episode, I cover: why so many writers make the mistake of choosing langu...
Middle Grade Made Easy(er) | Kidlit Writing Craft Podcast
13 minutes
2 months ago
#13 How to Nail Middle-Grade Voice
While strong voice is important in all fiction, it's vital in middle grade because kids between 8 and 12 are almost ready to leave early childhood behind and embark on big adventures, but they need a safe way to do so. How do they do it? Through the characters in middle-grade novels who are living the life your readers want to live! If your characters have strong voice, your book becomes memorable because voice helps the story flow with just the right amount of emotional complexit...
Middle Grade Made Easy(er) | Kidlit Writing Craft Podcast
What's more important for your novel: great language or great story? If you answered 'great story', you've got it right! While great language is important too, it won't carry your story idea through a full-length middle-grade novel and, by itself, it's not a story. If you submit a novel to an agent without solid story structure, it will be rejected. If you think your novel lacks structure, in this episode, I cover: why so many writers make the mistake of choosing langu...
